Great Asian Railway Journeys

*Great Asian Railway Journeys*
Great Asian Railway Journeys
Genre	Travel documentary
Directed by	Dave Minchin
Presented by	Michael Portillo
Composers	Jon Wygens, Joe Donohoe
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	20 (short versions); 10 (long versions)
Production
Executive producer	John Comerford
Production locations	Hong Kong, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore
Editor	Alison Kreps
Running time	30 minutes (short versions); 60 minutes (long versions)
Production company	Boundless
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	27 January 2020
Related
	Great British Railway Journeys; Great Continental Railway Journeys; Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo; Great American Railroad Journeys; Great Indian Railway Journeys; Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys; Great Canadian Railway Journeys; Great Australian Railway Journeys;

Great Asian Railway Journeys is a 20-part BBC travel and history documentary series produced by Boundless and presented by Michael Portillo, a former Conservative MP and Minister of State for Transport. Following the format of the highly successful Great British Railway Journeys and related series with Portillo as presenter, each episode features a railway journey in south-east Asia using Bradshaw's Through Routes to the Chief Cities, and Bathing, and Health Resorts of the World (1913) as a historical reference, in order to consider how the places visited have changed over the preceding century.

During the course of the series, Portillo travels a total distance of 2,500 miles and passes through six countries, beginning with Hong Kong then moving on to Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia before reaching his final destination of Singapore. One of the main themes he explores is colonial history, examining the legacy of the British, French, Dutch and Portuguese empires, and how the countries involved gained their independence. Filming for the series was carried out in two stages and took 7–8 weeks to complete.

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